Tranny Cooler question from the Newb...
 

First off, I would like to say hello. I picked up my 1999 SSEi on Saturady and absolutely love it.

I wanna put in a tranny cooler ASAP, but I am wondering if there are any specific ones owners are having luck with.

Thanks.

Jay

Any tranny cooler about the size of a sheet of printer paper. Any rating in that size will be fine.

Welcome to the forum!

I was wondering if you could settup a valve with a nother tube and Y connector to be able to rerout past the tranny cooler so in winter you will heat your engion up quicker for better warming of car

It's not going to make that much of a difference. Probably won't be noticeable.

You would be opening the door to leaks through the extra connections in that situation. Simply covering part of the cooler in the winter may be a better option.

Thanks for the Replys. Does anyone have pics of one installed, any 'dos' & dont's when installing? Thanks.

I noticed the GP guys are useing coolers 3/4 the size of their radiators, Overkill? I would think the tranny would have problems pumping thru that?

Is it safe to totally bypass the factory cooler?

Thanks for the paitence, I just dont want to fock my new-to-me ride.

Jay

Don't bypass, and don't cover more than 50% of your existing radiator. Precool the trans fluid in the new cooler before it enters the rad.

Here's a pic of my install. If you look closely, you can see both the stock and the aftermarket cooler stacked. The aftermarket is slightly smaller, and darker in color:

https://home.attbi.com/~bill.wren/newfront.JPG